fíadu

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *weidwūs, from *weyd- (“to know”) +‎ *-wōs (stative participle suffix). The n-stem inflection is secondary.[1]

Noun

fíadu m

  1. witness

Inflection

Masculine n-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fíadu fíadainL fíadain
Vocative fíadu fíadainL fíadnaH
Accusative fíadainN fíadainL fíadnaH
Genitive fíadan fíadanL fíadanN
Dative fíadainL, fíaduL fíadnaib fíadnaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fíadu ḟíadu fíadu
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of N-stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 115

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